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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






2. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






3. What function is vitamin D?






4. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






5. Name six sources of grains






6. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






7. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






8. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






9. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






10. What is the function of vitamin E?






11. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






12. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






13. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






14. What does DASH stand for?






15. What is RDA of protein?






16. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






17. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






18. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






19. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






20. The higher the BMR a client has --






21. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






22. Sources of fats






23. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






24. When does BMR increase?






25. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






26. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






27. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






28. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






29. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






30. What type of people need extra protein?






31. Where can you get more vitamin D?






32. What is the function of vitamin C?






33. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






34. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






35. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






36. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






37. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






38. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






39. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






40. Fats can lead to some medical problems






41. What is normal BMI?






42. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






43. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






44. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






45. What function is vitamin A?






46. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






47. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






48. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






49. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






50. What are healthy sources of fats?